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    DFA Vows to Assist OFWs Employed by Gaddafi Kin

    The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) vowed Sunday to assist four Filipino domestic workers employed by a relative of ousted Libyan President Moummar Gaddafi. In a text message, DFA spokesman Raul Hernandez said that DFA Undersecretary Rafael...

  • No Exact Count of Dabawenyo OFWs in Libya, Syria: DFA

    THE Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Davao Region on Thursday admitted it does not have an exact count of the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Davao holed up in Libya and Syria. Conegundo Fernandez, DFA administrative...

  • Consular Outreach Serves Over 500 Pinoys in Canada

    Philippine officials rendered 555 consular services to the Filipino community in Edmonton in Alberta, Canada during a recent outreach mission there. The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said the Philippine Consulate General in Vancouver conducted the outreach...

  • Filipinos Make Their Mark in China

    In a country with over a billion people, the 10,000-strong Filipino community in China might not seem like much. But Filipinos living and working in the world’s second largest economy are proving their contributions are much more...

  • Over 100 Pinoys Take Part in Brunei Consular Outreach

    Over 100 Filipinos in Brunei took part in a consular outreach conducted by Philippine officials in the Kuala Belait district this month, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. A session for Adinin Hardware Sdn Bhd was...

  • Pinoy Engineer in Libya Reported Missing

    A Filipino engineer working for a British company in Libya has gone missing, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said today. DFA spokesperson Raul Hernandez said that the Filipino engineer “went missing” after a group of armed...

  • Hong Kong Keeps Travel Ban on Philippines

    Hong Kong has turned down the Philippine government’s repeated appeals to lift the Special Administrative Region’s nearly one-year-old ban on travel to Manila, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said. The foreign office had “made representations with...

  • DFA Calls on Syria to Ensure Safety of Foreign Nationals

    The government of Syria must do its best to stop the escalating violence in the country and ensure the safety of its people and all foreign nationals, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said in a statement...

  • 2 Pinoys Hurt in Italy Shooting Incident

    The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) confirmed that 2 Filipinos were shot last Sunday evening near Ostia, 25 kilometers away from Rome, Italy. In a phone interview, Foreign Affairs Spokesman Raul Hernandez said the 2 were with...

  • DFA: 3 Pinoys Fall Victim to Rioters in United Kingdom

    At least three Filipinos have fallen victim to rioters in Britain’s worst violence in years, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Thursday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario told a House of Representatives budget...

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